The production is directed by Judy Ryken, Lee Oller and Joni Cote. Tickets will be sold at the door of the multi-use room at the school. The cost is $8 per person and the doors open at 7:40 p.m.

— Elisabeth Nardi

Bicycle Advisory Committee needs members

The city’s Bicycle Advisory Committee is looking for new members. There is one vacancy on the nine-person board and another position is expected to be vacant this fall.

To apply, fill out an application at http://www.walnut-creek.org. Applications must be returned to the city by 5 p.m. Aug. 29.

The Bicycle Advisory Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Transportation Commission on policies for the planning, development and maintenance of bikeway systems.

Seven members are appointed from the community at large by the Transportation Commission with City Council approval. The other two members are filled by a representative from the Transportation Commission and another from the Park, Recreation and Open Space Commission.

At-large members serve for three-year terms and are eligible for a second term with the approval of the Transportation Commission. The only qualification for an advisory committee member is to either live or work within the city of Walnut Creek’s sphere of influence, which may include some bordering, unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County.

— Elisabeth Nardi

Walnut Creek book club kick-off event in September

Walnut Creek residents are revisiting the 1950s this year with the chosen citywide book club selection “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.” The book, written by Bill Bryson, is a humorous memoir about growing up in the 1950s.

The Walnut Creek Reads events will kick off in September, and include an afternoon tour of the Rancho San Miguel Eichler homes, built in the 1950s; a nostalgic presentation and exhibit about the 1950s in Walnut Creek; and a “dinner and a book” event at a local 1950s diner.

Copies of the book are available at the public libraries, the Rossmoor Library, the Friends Used Book Store, 1910 Olympic Blvd., Suite 101, and local bookstores. The book is available on audio CD and audiotape, and in large print.

The complete calendar of events is available at the libraries or local bookstores, by visiting www.WalnutCreekReads.org or by calling 925-938-1481.

— Elisabeth Nardi

Free jazz concert at Broadway Plaza tonight

Broadway Plaza is presenting Chris Standring performing from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today in the Stanford’s parking lot next to the shopping center’s five-level parking structure, in the final segment of its free summer jazz concert series.

The event will also include special displays, as well as a beer and wine booth sponsored by the Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association. More information is at 925-939-7600 or www.BroadwayPlaza.com.

— Theresa Harrington

Summer camp offered for young children

The Walnut Creek Recreation Department is offering Summer at Camp Little Walnut from July 28 through Aug. 15. Little Walnut is for children ages 4-6. Each week includes special themed activities and adventures.

The age-appropriate games and activities are planned to build confidence and inspire independence, according to a press release.

The camps will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at Foothill Middle School. The cost is $78 for five classes. To register, call 925-943-5858 or www.WalnutCreekRec.org.

— Elisabeth Nardi

Downtown summer concert series begins

The Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association will sponsor a Downtown Summer Music Concert series from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 30-Aug. 13, at Plaza Escuela on Locust Street at Botelho Drive. Music will begin at 6 p.m. and people of all ages are welcome.

Party Council — which includes members from Jefferson Starship, The Tubes, Eric Burdon and the Animals and “Beach Blanket Babylon” — will perform 1980s classics Wednesday. The Sunkings Beatles tribute band will entertain Aug. 6, followed by the Terry Disley Experience jazz performance Aug. 13.

Free parking is available in Plaza Escuela garages on Locust Street. Audience members are invited to bring lawn chairs.

A variety of speakers will focus on the nationwide movement to pass House Resolution 808 (HR808) now in Congress, to establish a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence.

Speakers will include author and lecturer Marianne Williamson, host of XM Radio’s “Oprah & Friends”; Aqeela Sherrills, known for brokering a 1993 agreement between Los Angeles gang rivals the Crips and the Bloods; 18-year-old California Student Peace Alliance coordinator Nicole Nabulsi and a panel on violence reduction; Matthew Albracht explaining the San Francisco 2010 project Summer of Peace: Model for City and Community Peace; and Aeeshah Clottey from Oakland’s Attitudinal Healing Connection speaking about racial healing. In addition, Kokomon Clottey will demonstrate “mindful drumming” and humorist Swami Beyondananda will cap off the conference.

Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce board of directors chairman Sanjiv Bhandari has appointed Angela De La Housaye and Debbie Nordstrom to the board.

De La Housaye is the founding attorney of De La Housaye & Associates. Nordstrom is manager of promotions and marketing for the Bay Area News Group, which owns the Times and Walnut Creek Journal.

Both women are graduates of the chamber’s Leadership Contra Costa program. More information about the chamber is at 925-934-2007 or www.walnut-creek.com.

— Theresa Harrington

‘Yappy Hour’ for pets, owners at Wags and Whiskers

Pet owners and their dogs can enjoy a night on the town together during a “Yappy Hour” socializing event from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Wags and Whiskers, 1528 Locust St. The White Kitty Foundation, which helps find homes for needy pets, will provide appetizers. Quercus Winery will host free wine pours.

Wags and Whiskers was previously known as Annabelle’s Barkery and Nutrition Center.

The Ygnacio Valley Library will host a presentation, Lessons of Oz: The Yellow Brick Road to Successful Change,” at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5.

Business and life coach Connie Rose will present the free talk, taking audience members beyond the law of attraction to point out simple steps they can take to make their lives more fulfilling. Rose is also a certified hypnotherapist and certified nutritionist with experience in health care and the business community.

The library is at 2661 Oak Grove Road. More information is at 925-938-1481 or www.ccclib.org.

— Theresa Harrington

Council candidate papers available through Aug. 13

People interested in running for one of three open seats on the Walnut Creek City Council in November can pick up nomination papers from the City Clerk. The seats held by Mayor Gwen Regalia and Councilmen Charlie Abrams and Gary Skrel will be up for election. Council members serve four-year terms.

Abrams announced July 14 that he will not seek re-election. Regalia and Skrel said they had not yet decided whether they would run again, but Regalia pulled papers Tuesday.

In addition, teacher Sol Henik, Planning Commissioner Bob Simmons and attorney Kristina Lawson, with Miller, Starr and Regalia, had taken out papers. No one had yet filed.

Appointments are encouraged with City Clerk Patrice Olds, allowing an hour to review the materials. Council candidates must be 18 years old, U.S. citizens, city residents and registered voters in Walnut Creek.

Nomination papers are due to the clerk by 5 p.m. Aug. 13. More information is at 925-943-5818.